Perfume dispensing container



Sept. 18, 1945. L. MAROHL PERFUME DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed Nov. 18, 1943 Lillian L. Mgroql 53 W v Atbornggs Patented Sept. 18, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PERFUME DISPENSING CONTAINER.

Lillian L. Marohl, St. Paul, Minn. Application November 18, 19 13, Serial No. 510,742

'7 Claims.

My invention relates to perfume containers and has for an object thereof to provide a simple, relatively inexpensive and attractive article adapted reservedly to dispense liquid perfume placed therein, a further object of the invention being to provide such an article from which the perfume is dispensed at a plurality of localities distributed about the outer surface thereof.

Another object of the invention is to supply an article of the instant nature, usable as a pocket-piece, of relatively flat configuration adapted to rest edgewise in a pocket containing the same, and constructed to dispense perfume at localities distributed perimetrically of the article about the edge thereof,

An additional object of the invention is to provide an article of the instant character having a cavity therewithin for the stock of liquid perfume and having a wick-equipped duct or ducts to dispense the perfume from such stock.

More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a perfume dispensing-container having complementary body sections adapted to be inseparably united to form a unitary structure, and constructed to provide both stock containing reservoir and dispensing ducts upon the joinder of said body sections.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a dispensingcontainer, as above, in which the wicks are compressed in the dispensing ducts upon the joinder of the sections making up the article, whereby the dispensation of perfume through said ducts is reservedly controlled.

Another object of the invention is to arrange the wicks in dispensing ducts leading to localities distributed about the article, whereby each wick contacts the other within the stock-containing cavity. and, when immersed in the remaining perfumein said cavity, will transmit a supply thereof to each of the other wicks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a convenient method by which the article may be inexpensively and expeditiously produced to perform its intended functions.

Other objects of the invention reside in the showing the inner side of one of the complemenr tal body sections employed in said article; Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; Fig. '7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing overlength wick-strands in place in grooves in said body section as they are disposed preparatory to the joinder with said body section of the other body section; Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken as on the line 8-8 of Fig. 1, showing the manner in which the ducts are formed and the wicks compressed therein upon the joinder of the body sections of the article, and Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing portions of the two body sections and a portion of a Wick interposed between said body sections prior to the joinder thereof.

Reference being had to the drawing, wherein similar parts are designated by similar reference characters throughout the several views, it will be seen that the illustrated embodiment of my invention constitutes an article with a relatively flat body A exteriorly formed with facets ID in a fashion lending to the article an appearance resembling that of a cut jewel. Said body A consists of two mated or complementary body sections ll, [2 cast or otherwise suitably formed from any suitable material of a nature capable of tightly confining the liquid and vapors of highly volatile and highly potent perfume. Preferably, and in keeping with the jewel-like appearance of the article, said body sections ll, l2 will be of transparent glass or other transparent material to supply highlights within the article as may be produced by reason of said facets Ill. The body section II is formed with a cavity I3 therein, said cavity opening at the inner face thereof. Endlessly about the mouth of this cavity l3, said body section H has an inner marginal face portion [4, wherein minute grooves 15 are formed which radiate from said cavity 13 and fully traverse said marginal face portion H1. The inner ends of said grooves I5 take-off from said cavity l3 at spaced localities perimetrically distributed about the mouth thereof andlead to spaced localities perimetrically distributed about the outer confines of said face portion I4. The body section l2 has an endless inner marginal face portion l6 conforming with the marginal face portion I4 of said first body section II.

The body sections ll, 12 are preferably assembled in a manner soon to appear, but prior thereto, the body section II will be disposed with its inner face up. Perfume to be dispensed from the article is introduced into the then upwardly opening cavity l3 in said body section II. Wickstrands I'I, comparable with ordinary No. 50 octton thread as to size and material, and overlength as compared with the distances crosswise of the body section I I, are suitably tensioned from their ends in positions extending along the grooves I in said body section I I. These grooves I5 are provided in pairs, one groove of each pair being aligned with the other groove thereof so that spaced portions of a tensioned wick-strand I7 will beaccommodated in grooves I5 at opposite sides of the cavity I3 with an intermediate portion of such wick-strand extending across the mouth-of said cavity. The grooves I5 being in co-planar relationship, the intermediate portions of the wick-strands II crossing each other come in contact, one with the other. The wick-strancls I! are oversized cross-sectionally as compared with the grooves I5 so that said wick-strands, when lodged in said grooves, project from the grooves along the same. A cement or other suitable adhesive, insoluble in liquid perfume, is applied to the face portion M of body section II and/or to the face portion I6 of body section I2, whereupon said body section I2 is superimposed upon body section II with said mutually conforming face portions It, I6 in registry, the body sections II, I2 being then clamped and held together until the adhesive becomes set and inseparably unites said sections. Upon clamping the body sections I I, I2 together, the grooves I5 in section I I are laterally closed by the face portion I6 of the body section I2 and, in this process, the wick-strands H are squeezed into and tightly compressed in ducts I8 formed by said laterally closed grooves I5. As a final step in the production of the article in the one manner above described, the ends of the wick-strands I! are trimmed off at the outer ends of the ducts I5. These ducts I5 constitute passageways through which perfume from the stock-containing cavity I3 is dispensed and wicks I9, consisting of the retained portions of the wick-strands I'I, serve to feed the perfume through said ducts 18 very reservedly. This miserly dispensation of high- 1y potent perfume is important for reasons of economy and appropriate usage and to such end, the adhesive used in cementing the body sections II, I2 together may be applied to both sections including the walls of the grooves I5. portions of the Wicks I9 within the grooves I5 will absorb some of the adhesive, whereby a reduction in their capacity to feed the perfume will be effected beyond the reduction in their feeding capacity as effected by the compression thereof as they are squeezed between the body sections II, I2.

The form of my invention herein disclosed is not intended to be re-filled, but will be discarded when the stock of perfume initially introduced into the cavity 53 has become exhausted.

Used as a pocket-piece, the present article ordinarily will rest on edge with one or more of the wick-ends in contact with the lining of the pocket. Since one of the wicks I9 in such case will virtually always have a portion thereof immersed in the perfume present in the cavity I3, and since each wick is in contact with and fed by the other, it follows that perfume from said cavity will always carry to the extremities of all of the wicks I9.

The instant perfume dispensing-container has numerous desirable uses other than that as a pocket-piece, such, for example, for the purpose of Scouting the contents of purses, bags, boxes,

Thus, the

dresser drawers and other containers of wearing apparel and other articles.

With the wicks I9 crossing the cavity I3 on straight lines in a transparent structure formed with facets meeting on straight lines, a harmonious effect within and without the structure is produced.

The crossing of the cavity by the wicks with contact therebetween is desirable for the reasons hereinbefore noted, but it will be understood that the wicks may be confined within the extent of the grooves.

Within the further purview of my invention, I contemplate the employment of any number of wicks in any one or more planes. In forms of the invention similar to that illustrated, it is contemplated that the body section I2 in place of or in addition to the body section I I may have a perfume receiving cavity therein. In other forms of the invention, it is contemplated that the supply of perfume may be introduced into the article through a dispensing duct, and that wicks may be compressed or packed into the dispensing ducts other than as herein specifically described.

Other changes in the specific form of my invention, as herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my, invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A pocket dispensing-container for perfume comprising a relatively flat composite structure consisting of two complemental body sections, both of thin and relatively small slab-like formation having inner faces embodying endless mutually conforming marginal face portions, one of said body sections being formed with a perfume receiving cavity therein opening at its inner face within its said marginal face portion, one of said body sections being formed with a plurality of grooves in and traversing its said marginal face portion, the two body sections being united with the marginal face portions thereof sealed together to close the cavity in the body section having said cavity therein and laterally to close the grooves in the body section having said grooves therein, said laterally closed grooves providing ducts leading from said cavity and opening to the exterior of the structure at spaced localities perimetrically about said grooved face, and a plurality of wicks, one in each of said ducts, said wicks being squeezed between the body sections of the structure to compress and tightly fit the same to their respective ducts.

2. A dispensing-container for perfume comprising a composite structure consisting of two complemental body sections each having an inner face embodying an endless marginal face portion, said face portions conforming with each other, one of said body sections being formed with a perfume receiving cavity therein opening at its inner face within its said marginal face portion, one of said body sections being formed with a plurality of grooves in and traversing its said marginal face portion, the two body sections being united with the marginal face portions thereof scaled together to close the cavity in the body section having said cavity therein and laterally to close the grooves in the body section having said grooves therein, said laterally closed grooves providing ducts leading from. said cavity and opening to the exterior of the structure at spaced localities perimetricall about said grooved face, and a plurality of wicks, one in each of said ducts.

3. A dispensing-container for perfume comprising a composite structure consisting of two complemental body sections each having an inner face embodying an endless marginal face portion, said face portions conforming with each other, one of said body sections being formed with a perfume receiving cavity therein opening at its inner face within its said marginal face portion, one of said body sections being formed with a groove in and traversing its said marginal face portion, the two body sections being united with the marginal face portions thereof sealed together to close the cavity in the body section having said cavity therein and laterally to close the groove in the 'body section having said groove therein, said laterally closed groove providing a duct leading from said cavity and opening to the exterior of the structure, and a wick in said duct, said wick being squeezed between the body sections of the structure to compress and tightly fit the same to said duct.

4. A dispensing-container for perfume com prising a relatively flat body having a ridged edge and adapted to rest on such edge in a pocket of the users apparel, said body having a perfume receiving cavity therewithin and being provided with a plurality of dispensing ducts radiating from said cavity and opening to the exterior of said body along the ridge at the edge thereof and at localities perimetrically distributed about the body, and a plurality of wicks, one in each of said ducts, the outer end of each wick being substantially flush with the corresponding end of its respective duct.

5. In a perfume dispensing-container, a body having a cavity therewithin for the reception of perfume and having a plurality of dispensing ducts leading from said cavity to the exterior of said body at localities about its outer surface, and a plurality of wicks interengaged within said cavity and stretched outwardly therefrom, each wick having an end portion for one of said ducts, each such end portion being under tension in its respective duct and tightly fitted therein.

6. A dispensing-container for perfume comprising a composite structure consisting of two complemental body sections each having an inner face embodying an endles marginal face portion, one of said body sections being formed with a perfume receiving cavity therein opening at its inner face within its said marginal face portion, one of said body sections being formed with a groove in and traversing its said marginal face portion, the two body sections being united with the marginal face portions thereof sealed together to close the cavity in the body section having said cavity therein and laterally to close the groove in the body section having said groove therein, said laterally closed groove providing a duct leading from said cavity and opening to the exterior of the structure, and a wick in said duct.

'7. A dispensing-container for perfume comprising a composite structure consisting of two complemental body sections each having an inner face embodying an endless marginal face portion, one of said body sections being formed with a perfume receiving cavity therein opening at its inner face within its said marginal face portion, one of said body sections being formed with a groove in and traversing its said marginal face portion, the two body sections being united with the marginal face portions thereof sealed together to close the cavity in thebody section having said cavity therein and laterally to close the groove in the body section having said groove therein, said laterally closed groove providing a duct leading from said cavity and opening to the exterior of the structure, and a wick in said duct, said wick being both stretched and squeezed between the body sections of the structure to compress and tightly fit the same to said duct.

LILLIAN L. MAROHL. 

